Prevalence of antibodies to Neospora caninum in horses in North America

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 968-969

  Dubey, J P ^a   Romand, S ^b   Thulliez, P ^b   Kwok, O C H ^a   Shen, S K ^a   Gamble, H R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Institut de Puericulture   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; HORSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ABATTOIRS; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEOSPORA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032721320     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285839     Document Type: Article

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